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  • Опубликовано: 13 авг 2020
  • I know too well that even though we all know having an accent or "sounding foreign" is not actually a problem - but most of us still like that extra bit of validation when a native speaker says "Wow, you barely have an accent!", right? I put together 11 easy tips you can start using right now to "germanize" your sound and speech a little more!
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Комментарии • 101

  • @danlyle531
    @danlyle531 3 года назад +24

    Also, for English speakers, the glottal stop is the gap in the sound in the middle of "uh-oh", or how a lot of people pronounce "water" or "bottle" when speaking casually. It ends up more like "wa-uh" or "bo-ul", and that break between the two sounds is the glottal stop.

    • @BonesofStarlight
      @BonesofStarlight 3 года назад +1

      Danke. I'm learning German and I'm still not comfortable forming my own sentences, but I want to sound natural.

    • @StillAliveAndKicking_
      @StillAliveAndKicking_ 17 дней назад

      British people do that, but do Americans? I suspect they say warder and boddle.

  • @sigalius
    @sigalius 3 года назад +12

    The fact that German doesn't melt together the vowel sound at the end of a word with the vowel sound of the next word that begins with a vowel makes German very clear, distinct, and welcoming to the ear. For me, this is one of the reasons I love German so much.

    • @tumelo4526
      @tumelo4526 10 месяцев назад

      👍🏆 championship sentiment!

  • @MarkKurowski
    @MarkKurowski 3 года назад +5

    P.S. re Lingoda: The Super Sprint is 90 days in a row, not 3 months with a possible day off. It's very tough to do, but I did it recently (07-Jan-2020 thru 05-Apr-2020) and succeeded, and they gave me back 100% of my money as promised. :-) But as you mentioned, even if I would have missed a lesson and not gotten the refund, it would still have been a terrific experience, as the teachers are great and the lessons structured well, and being "forced" to speak German everyday was incredibly useful.

  • @roseblossom2023
    @roseblossom2023 3 года назад +2

    This video was extremely helpful. As someone who's been learning German for years, I picked up on a lot of what you said you did a better job of explaining than I ever could! This was also my first video of yours that I've watched. I appreciate how you get straight to the point and don't waste time overexplaining. You have a new enthusiastic subscriber!

  • @garrydolley
    @garrydolley 3 года назад

    Great explanations! The whisper trick, wow... It really makes the glottal stop clear :)

  • @fotoeins
    @fotoeins 3 года назад +2

    Thanks for your video highlighting "how to sound more German." When I lived in Heidelberg, I'd been told that with daily modest use and practice, a person could become more comfortable with a new language in about 18-24 months on average. Sure enough, the 18-month mark was about right for me, when I stopped being completely self-conscious and spoke as normally as I could. To that end, it's very interesting looking back how I picked up at that time from friends and colleagues most of the tips you referred in this video. Thanks again!

  • @DeutschMitBenjamin
    @DeutschMitBenjamin 3 года назад +6

    That's a great video! Loving it. Studying speech reductions, dropped sounds etc. is super important when learning German. Good job, Katja! 😍👍🏽👍🏽

    • @DeutschFuerEuch
      @DeutschFuerEuch  3 года назад +2

      Thank you so much, Benjamin! Yeah, the devil's in the details :)

  • @adamwnt
    @adamwnt 2 года назад

    Ich liebe den Stakkato-Sound, habe seltsamerweise nie darauf geachtet. Vielen dank ❤️

  • @gonzalolagos1218
    @gonzalolagos1218 2 года назад

    hahahahaha danke schön fur the video!! hahahah since long time ago I'm been watching your YT videos and this is one of the best one! hahaha thanks for the information and very clear to explain!

  • @tivonoston3068
    @tivonoston3068 3 года назад

    Awesome awesome video, super helpful for those of us trying to not just speak written Hoch Deutsch and understand real German speakers! Dankeschön

  • @mtuli_ps
    @mtuli_ps 3 года назад

    Thank you for this video!

  • @ayoubcreates
    @ayoubcreates Год назад

    sehr hilfreiches und informatives video.

  • @danluckner
    @danluckner 3 года назад +1

    I missed your videos

  • @marooples
    @marooples 3 года назад +5

    My tip: if you're going to visit or live a certain area of Germany, Austria, or Switzerland, learn some local dialect/slang! I live in Berlin and work with lots of Handwerker, and I can't tell you how lost I was at first listening to locals talk using words that don't show up in the dictionary, or pronouncing words differently (like gucken - "keeken" or "hast du..." - "haste").

    • @habu027
      @habu027 3 года назад +1

      Don't feel bad; I was in Köln in '89 and could barely understand a blasted thing!

  • @kiwihame
    @kiwihame 3 года назад

    Katja, sie sind sehr sehr klug! 🙄🤯😊 Great video!! It's winter in New Zealand, but loving the summery look.

  • @leonardschwarz5807
    @leonardschwarz5807 3 года назад

    Hi, I really like your videos. Thanks

  • @ivankaleoniefuchs333
    @ivankaleoniefuchs333 3 года назад +1

    Hallo von Wiesbaden. Es ist gut to see someone teaching our many dialects.
    Ich liebe deine RUclips-Seite.
    Have a fun day und stay safe Zuhause von COVID if ya can.
    Auf Wiedersehen...smiles

  • @NathanSkates
    @NathanSkates 3 года назад +6

    I’ve been doing this for awhile and it really does help you fit in. Germans will definitely start to tell you boah das war sowas von Deutsch 😂

  • @Lyzavon
    @Lyzavon 3 года назад +1

    Tolles Intro.^^

  • @Mama_joo
    @Mama_joo 3 года назад

    Danke schön 👍🏻

  • @renatomartinez3183
    @renatomartinez3183 3 года назад

    Katja danke für immer,that explanation wouldn't let us look newly dropped off from the plane, o como decimos por aca "con el zacate en el pico" 🤣🤣🤣🤣, vamos a sonar de primera categoria👌👌

  • @papajon62
    @papajon62 3 года назад +1

    I liked the whispering.... ;)

  • @h.b.1285
    @h.b.1285 3 года назад

    Du macht sehr gute Videos.

  • @awkward14
    @awkward14 3 года назад +1

    enjoyed the asmr

  • @charlessmith263
    @charlessmith263 6 месяцев назад

    I realized that some Germans will almost drop the "e" in certain German verbs that end with "---sehen". That is, they almost drop the final "e", especially if that final e is before the letter n.
    So, zum Beispiel...
    "sehen" (to see) would be "seh'n".
    And "wiedersehen" (to see again) would be "wiederseh'n".
    And "fernsehen" (to watch television) would be "fernseh'n".
    How about that?

  • @GypsieSeeker
    @GypsieSeeker 3 года назад +1

    Жду не дождусь!

  • @guilhermesamprognamohor8226
    @guilhermesamprognamohor8226 3 года назад

    Hey Katja! Great video! But two questions: 1) about the ending "e" by first person, what if the ich comes after the verb, instead of "ich find(e) was..." vs. "Das finde ich .. " , would the "e" be pronounced? 2) And about the glottal stop, what about composite words, like " Spielanspruch", would the "A" be also stressed with the glottal stop? Thanks! The best channel for german learning

  • @andresavila5935
    @andresavila5935 3 года назад +1

    Ich muss dieses Video viele sehen!!!

  • @MelaAlmonte
    @MelaAlmonte 3 года назад +11

    I wish I knew all of these before I started my A1 course.

  • @TDG361
    @TDG361 3 года назад +2

    I love German, and how it sounds, especially in women :D. Cheers from Mexico.

  • @ThatGuy-ze6zc
    @ThatGuy-ze6zc 3 года назад +1

    Hey Katja, great video. It has left me curious over two things. Firstly the "weil/hauptsatz". Is this common amongst non english speaking Germans? Secondly, this is the first iv ever heard that one should be using the perfect for the past an not the imperfect.
    i have a group of Schwäbisch friends who have told me that i should be flexible with both... Is this a regional thing?
    BTW im diggin the onion top :P

    • @DeutschFuerEuch
      @DeutschFuerEuch  3 года назад +3

      It is, though you're probably right to assume that English probably had an influence (I'm just speculating, too, though). But this has now bled into usage regardless of the speaker's knowledge of English afaik; this also fits the fact that there is no other conjunction (yet) with which we do this.
      Oh! Well, you should definitely take a look at tenses again then, the Perfekt is super important in spoken language especially. Iirc the episode I made on it is number 69.
      Nobody will correct you on your use of Perfekt or Imperfekt though, because in the vast majority of cases, they are perfectly interchangeable. You will probably just sound weird/foreign to a native speaker if you use the Imperfekt a lot.

  • @Scott-hh3gh
    @Scott-hh3gh 3 года назад +1

    Heat stoke? It's going to his 113F here in Tucson, AZ

  • @jeremybabcock
    @jeremybabcock 3 года назад +2

    Vielleicht wichtig - Normalerweise wenn man einen neuen Hauptsatzteil mit "weil" leitet, macht man nach dem Wort "weil" eine kurze Pause und betont das Wort stärker als sonst. Ich bin noch nicht zur Schule gegangen, WEIL... ich habe meine Hausaufgabe noch nicht gefunden. Die Stimme geht auch hoch am Anfang des Wortes.

  • @Gregoriyt
    @Gregoriyt 3 года назад +1

    This is the channel that you gives a like even not seeing the video yet, lol

  • @HeyJuuu
    @HeyJuuu 3 года назад

    Awesomeee

  • @boy638
    @boy638 3 года назад

    Does this apply to casual texting? Maybe if you can do one on how Germans casually text each other, especially the younger people.

  • @kingbeauregard
    @kingbeauregard Месяц назад

    I've stumbled upon something with Queen King Beauregard's kid's pronunciation, maybe. It seems to me that American pronunciation involves a mouth that is almost egg-shaped, like an egg standing on its end. Turn the egg 90 degrees so it is lying on its side, and many German sounds are easier to pronounce properly.

    • @DeutschFuerEuch
      @DeutschFuerEuch  Месяц назад

      That is a very interesting observation that I can neither confirm nor deny intuitively, will have to observe :D

  • @danlyle531
    @danlyle531 3 года назад

    Hey Katja, next month I'm going to Austria for the first time, any tips for getting used to understanding a different accent?

    • @adricm09
      @adricm09 3 года назад

      Hey, I don't where specifically in Austria you're going to be. But I can recommend to look for the social media channels of the city or its newspapers. There you can find videos with native speakers

  • @docgalen
    @docgalen 3 года назад +4

    More ASMR! 😁

  • @brianherrmann
    @brianherrmann 3 года назад +1

    We need more story time I think

  • @renatomartinez3183
    @renatomartinez3183 3 года назад

    Me encanta tu chocoyo de la barbilla preciosa, everything is good thank you for your great counseling...just!(here comes the expectation words)why you pronounce sometimes "ich" as "sh" in english and others like a glutter sound? How's the correct way to do it ?(to not sound like newly tourist at Berlin)

    • @DeutschFuerEuch
      @DeutschFuerEuch  3 года назад

      Check out DFE episode 52, it's explained in detail there :)

    • @renatomartinez3183
      @renatomartinez3183 3 года назад

      @@DeutschFuerEuch Mil gracias muñequita preciosa, angelita encantadora.i'm going to keep that episode stored in my library , although got to study hard because the more i learn,the more questions coming.my deep appreciations katja, Saludos!!!

  • @adricm09
    @adricm09 3 года назад +1

    Omg, it's very releasing to hear that weil+Hauptsatz is getting more common.
    Ich mache mir keine Sorgen mehr!

    • @juliusgabriel741
      @juliusgabriel741 3 года назад

      Adriana C. Bitte nicht. Das triggert mich total :)

  • @farzadtb
    @farzadtb 2 года назад

    Calling your hair red onion was really funny!! :))))))

  • @mishraarun5000
    @mishraarun5000 3 года назад

    Genial liebe frau. Woher kommen sie?, ich meine aus welcher Stadt?

  • @HistoryShell1786
    @HistoryShell1786 3 года назад

    This is going to be hard for me to pronounce the German R, I have a soft palate tremor, which is the spot in your throat where the glottal R is produced

  • @SimonS44
    @SimonS44 3 года назад +1

    Regarding the -en ending: have you ever been to Breem? :p

    • @Megaprog
      @Megaprog 3 года назад

      Hahahaha so true

  • @juliusgabriel741
    @juliusgabriel741 3 года назад +1

    Du solltest definitiv ASMR-Videos machen :)

  • @habu027
    @habu027 3 года назад

    Bin mal schockiert, dass du...benutzt untergeordnete Wortreihenfolge nicht, und das auch in einem Video; d.h. in der Nur ein Scherz!

  • @Dr-Alexander-The-Great
    @Dr-Alexander-The-Great 3 года назад

    Guten Tag Kaiser von Katja, looks like you Need some air condition. Anyway, can you tell me what is the difference between the German W, And V. They sound the same. Like the Serbo-Croatian Č, and Ć

    • @DeutschFuerEuch
      @DeutschFuerEuch  3 года назад +1

      I can! Watch episode 51 :)

    • @Dr-Alexander-The-Great
      @Dr-Alexander-The-Great 3 года назад +1

      Learn German - Deutsch für Euch thanks, also i hit the like Button before I even watched your video

    • @DeutschFuerEuch
      @DeutschFuerEuch  3 года назад

      @@Dr-Alexander-The-Great das ist sehr nett von dir, danke :)

    • @Dr-Alexander-The-Great
      @Dr-Alexander-The-Great 3 года назад

      Learn German - Deutsch für Euch bitte schön.

  • @swet2149
    @swet2149 3 года назад

    Eine Geschiche niveau b1 bitte

  • @donbambo
    @donbambo 2 года назад

    Franken hat auch eine Zungen-R.

  • @ono147
    @ono147 3 года назад

    wheres your video to help me with "ausgezeichnet"?

  • @forranach
    @forranach 3 месяца назад

    Why isn't the g in 'richtig' pronounced like a k?

  • @adlovett9831
    @adlovett9831 3 года назад

    Nach fast zehn Jahren, kann ich nicht das Deutsche R sagen, aber ich roll der R mit den Zunge, aber "Übung macht meister".

    • @donbambo
      @donbambo 3 года назад +1

      Einfach nach Franken ziehen und Dein Zungen-R passt perfekt. 😉

    • @adlovett9831
      @adlovett9831 3 года назад

      @@donbambo nein, sie rollen genauso wie die Deutsch. Ich habe desselbe Problem mit Französisch.

    • @donbambo
      @donbambo 3 года назад +1

      Hier liegt ein Missverständnis vor. Fränkisch ist ein deutscher Dialekt.

    • @adlovett9831
      @adlovett9831 3 года назад +1

      @@donbambo ah, Franconia auf Englisch, du hast da recht. Tut mir leid.

  • @jackolantern7342
    @jackolantern7342 3 года назад

    ASMR teh w1n!

  • @Motivation-Avenue732
    @Motivation-Avenue732 3 года назад +1

    ich love du : ) und ich habe eine frage: hast du Freund. ich liebe dich sehr aus Stuttgart

  • @merc340sr
    @merc340sr 3 года назад +1

    Velar "R" is same as French "R"....

  • @tiago4007
    @tiago4007 3 года назад

    Another sentence to practice your glottal stops: In dieser Abteilung arbeiten alle im Akkord.

  • @newlife.3933
    @newlife.3933 3 года назад

    Prima

  • @peterschmidt5583
    @peterschmidt5583 3 года назад

    More whispering in German would be nice...

  • @ganeshmourthy2000
    @ganeshmourthy2000 3 года назад +1

    Tell me honestly ,, how much time does it take for this entire video for you to make ? start to end ... Must be a lot of work if you are doing it all yourself.

  • @bremexperience
    @bremexperience 3 года назад

    The german r is the french r... :)

  • @p.6267
    @p.6267 3 года назад

    ASMR bitte!

  • @xts_eddy9527
    @xts_eddy9527 Год назад

    kevin

  • @flaviocotugno62
    @flaviocotugno62 3 года назад

    Hast du "separato" gesagt ? ahah

  • @jarcadipane2849
    @jarcadipane2849 2 года назад

    ahm, hat ?

  • @PrimeVictor_
    @PrimeVictor_ 3 года назад

    guten eins

  • @ramimuhabbek54
    @ramimuhabbek54 3 года назад

    Better title how to sound more cold blooded

  • @hiepvu5497
    @hiepvu5497 3 года назад +1

    Do you teach? With a cute Lehrerin I will have more motivation to keep on learning hahaha

  • @1650dunbar
    @1650dunbar 3 года назад

    funny, you speak American English until you say "but", which you say British. I like.

  • @gnostman1
    @gnostman1 3 года назад

    Hablas demasiado en english ! wir like to speak german

  • @ryanfay8775
    @ryanfay8775 Месяц назад

    Where is the “VolllllllIdiot” video?

  • @angerventing2694
    @angerventing2694 3 года назад +1

    Yes, but Hitler didn't pronounce the rrrrh, he clearly pronounced it the Czech/Russian/Italian way, so even some Germans, of course not only Hitler, didn't pronounce it the traditional way. There are some accents like that, so I guess if you have a really hard time pronouncing that, you don't necessarily sound foreign, just not Hochdeutsch, which isn't as big a deal as sounding just foreign.
    Well, the thing with overpronunciation shouldn't really be a problem for decent English speakers, or at least people who have mastered the English phonetics to a certain degree, as English is a striking example of than phenomenon. You never overpronounce endings, so why would you all of a sudden do it in a foreign language. So English speakers, just keep your old habits of your native language (or mastered second language for that matter). This should only really be an issue to the speakers of, say, Russian, Czech, Italian, other Slavic languages and some more which I have no idea about. If it still is a problem, Just don't make a big deal of pronouncing correctly and it will come automatically.

  • @jaredgleason2659
    @jaredgleason2659 3 года назад

    Need @ wife

  • @abdelrachidcheikh1180
    @abdelrachidcheikh1180 3 года назад

    I miss you

  • @orestes1984
    @orestes1984 Год назад

    You sound like an American.